
Wei-Shen Wong
Wei-Shen joined WatersTechnology in June 2016, becoming the publication’s first full-time Asia-based reporter. Based out of Hong Kong, she writes for both Waters and Inside Data Management magazines, as well as the four subsites of WatersTechnology.com—Sell-Side Technology, Buy-Side Technology, Inside Reference Data and Inside Market Data. Prior to joining WatersTechnology, she was a journalist at Star Media Group in Malaysia. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Auckland.
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Articles by Wei-Shen Wong
Challenging US Exchanges Will be Uphill Battle for MEMX, Experts Warn
An industry initiative to start a new US exchange promises much, but it may struggle to deliver without a clearer purpose.
Coinfloor Spins Off Physically Delivered Bitcoin Futures Exchange
CoinFLEX users will be able to use trading tools provided by Trading Technologies.
A Look Back at Major Developments in Asia from 2018
From the data battle between the SGX and India to the ASX green-lighting its clearing blockchain project, Wei-Shen Wong looks back on topics that made headlines this past year.
Top Emerging-Technology Stories for 2018
The crème of Waters’ coverage of emerging technologies from artificial intelligence to alternative datasets to tokenization.
StatPro Pushes Forward with Investor Analytics, UBS Delta Integrations
The performance and risk measurement specialist is also using machine learning to help drill into value-at-risk calculations.
Billions Lost Highlight Corporate Actions Tech Failures
Processing corporate actions is usually the last workflow to be automated, mainly due to the complexities involved and the weakness of underlying data. Wei-Shen Wong explains how this has changed over the last few years and what challenges remain.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 148: A Look at APAC Trends for 2019
Wei-Shen Wong joins the podcast to discuss all things Asia: cloud, crypto, blockchain, AI, India-SGX and more.
Citi's Chen Joins HKEx for Post-Trade BizDev
Cindy Chen will oversee HKEx’s blockchain-enabled post-trade allocation and processing platform project.
Singing to the Tune of Data
Wei-Shen Wong wonders about the future of market data models, and how pricing models need to change.
Singapore Industry Group Highlights Data Analytics Use Case for AML/CFT
The working group has presented several new methods deploying data analytics specifically to combat money-laundering and terrorism financing activities.
Calastone to Migrate Fund Network to Blockchain-Enabled Platform in May 2019
The network provider estimates the global cost of fund distribution could be reduced by as much as $4.35 billion.
IPC Sets Asian Unigy 360 Launch for Q1 2019
Increasing demand for mobility and free-seating in the work environment is one of the drivers for Unigy 360 within the region.
Bloomberg Adds Indian Derivatives Datafeeds
Subsidiaries of NSE and BSE expect an increase in liquidity for Indian derivatives products.
FWD Group Deploys Bloomberg Buy-Side Solutions
The firm is focused on building up its core infrastructure to be able to support its people and allow them to focus on revenue-generating tasks.